Common Issues Across Places and Times

Question 1

Analyze the chart below and answer the question that follows. Data courtesy of the CIA World Factbook According to the chart above, which two countries have the most similar unemployment rates?

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Norway and China

Question 2

Oral rehydration salts are used to __________.

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help replenish fluids in the body after it suffers fluid loss from diseases such as cholera

Question 3

What is the Richter Scale?

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the scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes

Question 4

According to the United Nations, approximately 1.8 billion people will be living in areas with absolute water scarcity by 2025. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

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Question 5

Contaminated water __________.

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is unclean and may be infected with bacteria, viruses, or other pollutants

Question 6

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the 2010 Haiti earthquake?

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The death toll was less than 1,000.

Question 7

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, at 9.5 on the Richter scale, occurred in __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Chile in 1960

Question 8

Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows. Image courtesy of USGS Based on information provided in the lecture, the best title for the map above would be __________.

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“Earthquakes Worldwide from 1900 – 2007”

Question 9

Strict building codes and school drills were created in Chile after the __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Chilean earthquake of 1960

Question 10

Analyze the chart below and answer the question that follows. Data courtesy of the CIA World Factbook Based on the information provided in the chart above, why might other countries be interested in some of the social, political, and economic programs used in Norway?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Norway has the lowest unemployment rate in the world.

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